Day 01- A Recent Pic and 15 Fun Facts
Exactly how recent is recent? This was from Late August, it's now November...but it's the only picture I have of myself. The cousin and the little bro (on the right) thought that posing like that would make them look tough..Ummmmmm, moving on.
Fun Facts-
1. I've known my best friend since we were in preschool- I love her, she's my sister. There is nothing else to say.
2. I always wanted to be the Yellow Ranger, never Pink- As a little kid, whenever we pretended to be the Power Rangers during preschool/kinder recess, I never had a problem with being relegated to the Yellow Ranger status. She was Asian (Taiwanese, maybe?) and that just made her cooler.
3. I am on my third TI-89 Titanium- The first was stolen in a fire drill (and I went to a CATHOLIC school), the screen on the second freaked out after the corner of a Calc book fell on it and the third one will hopefully last me the rest of my lifetime.
4. I brought six pairs of shoes with me to school, all are black- I don't know what happened. Through high school and the first two years at college, my shoes were always oddly colored Chucks or checkered Vans. Now they are all black, I definitely need to fix this.
5. I love to drive on my own-I tend to drive to and from where I am at college to my hometown a lot and the 2 1/2-3 drive is something I love. It's why I always turn down the offer for an unnecessary co-pilot.
6. Being in my 8th grade play inspired a secret love of acting- I realized how much fun it was, I just wish I hadn't let the theater kids in high school intimidate me.
7. When I'm felling homesick I bust out old Carpool memories- I carpooled with my best friend, cousin and all our siblings for a good chunk of my life. Many great times were had then- Thrifty Ice Cream, picking up Papa, youngest bro getting carsick...
8. I dance when no one's looking-My iPod is my dance buddy, it allows me to dance in the privacy of my own room w/o alerting anyone to my actions. I did it a lot when I had an on campus single and I still do it now.
9. I'm named after Alyssa Milano- My dad just really liked Who's the Boss and saw the spelling and liked it. Of course, he did change how to pronounce it...which can be a pain to explain sometimes.
10. I like to be the one to make people smile- There is just something unbelievably satisfying to know that something I did or said made another person happy, even for just a moment.
11. I went to Christian/Catholic schools for 14 yrs- I liked the smaller classes in elementary school, it meant that I could make fewer but better quality friends. I had religion classes every single year, but if you asked me to tell you everything I learned, it would probably only take me a few hours.
12. I hate hurting other people- To know that I've hurt someone, especially when they confront me about it (which they should, they have every right to) bothers me to no end. Try as I might, even when the friendships get back on track and its been ages, I can never forget those memories and those feelings of remorse come flooding right back.
13. I am a Chemistry Major- For those of you who don't know already, yes I am a Chem Major. Is it hard? Yes. Was it a mistake? In hindsight, probably. Can I do anything about it now? Definitely not.
14. I'm writing a book- Bet you didn't know that, huh? Not many do, so don't feel bad. The goal is to have it be a mixed media novel with original songs (courtesy my talented brother and cousin) to accompany the chapters. My outline is nearly finished and now I just need some time to actually write it, which won't happen until I am no longer a chem major.
15. My ultimate goal in life is to be happy- No matter how or what I need to do to get there, I will consider myself successful in life if I can be genuinely happy.
...That was harder than I thought. Until next time.
